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J. M. ALLAN.

MEDIGATED GIGAR OR CIGARETTE.

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. PATENT FF ICEQ JOHN M. ALLAN, or LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

MEDICATED CIGAR OR C|GARETTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,782, dated NovemberB, 1887. Application filed July 18, 1887. Serial No. 244,649. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. ALLAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lakewood, in the county of Ocean and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Medicated Cigars or Cigarettes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in medicated cigars or cigarettes; and it consists in a cigar or cigarette having a filler of pine or other coniferous needles, as will. be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in .the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is partly an elevation and partly a longitudinal sectional view of a cigar having a filling ofpine-needles. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the mode of wrapping the filler in the envelope of tobacco-leaf to form a cigar.

In order to make a cigar or cigarette, I first take a sufficient number of green pine-needles to form a filler, a, arrange the same longitudinally, and roll them in an envelope of cured tobacco-leaf in a moist condition to the required form in the usual manner, either by hand or by machine.

My method of making the cigars or cigarettes is not different from the common practice in vogue wit-h cigar and cigarette makers,with the exception that I employ pine-needles instead of tobacco. The pine-needles should preferably be in a green state, full of tarry mat ter, when wrapped in the tobacco, so that as the cigar dries the essence or flavor of the pine will thoroughly impregnate the tobacco-wrapper and impart an aromatic taste thereto. WVhen the cigar is dried, the pine-needles filler will burn very readily with the tobacco when the cigar is being consumed.

Cigars or eigaretts provided with fillers of pine needles are very beneficial and helpful in the cure of diseases of the throat and lungs, catarrh, and colds, and may be employed with advantage for disinfecting purposes.

I do not limit myself to the mode hereinbefore described of manufacturing the cigars or cigarettes, as other and various modes may be employed to manufacture the same without departing from the spirit of my invention, the essential feature of which is a cigar or cigarette containing pine-needles in addition to the tobacco. Neither do I limit myself to the use of pine-needles, as the needles of other coniferous, resinous, and tarry trees may be substituted therefor.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A cigar or cigarette containing the needles of pine or other coniferous, resinous, and tarry trees, substantially as described.

2. -A cigar or cigarette having a filler of needles of pine or other coniferous, resinous, and tarry trees, and a wrapper of tobacco, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. ALLAN.

Witnesses:

MYRTLE STALNAKER, E. G. SIGGERS. 

